Tie plate for railroad tracks



June 12, 195`1` l.. TUCKER ETAL l 2,556,350

TIE PLATE FOR RAILROAD TRACKS Filed June 17, 1949 Patented June 12, 1951 UNITED STATES PATNT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to tie plates for railroad tracks and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

Generally the invention comprises a tie plate for railroad tracks consisting of a single piece of ilat metal having a pair of rail-supporting portions for each of an opposite pairof conventional rails. Each pair of such rail-supporting members is interconnected by a longitudinally extending web and one of each pair of members is joined to its counterpart beneath the opposite rail by a transversely extending web.

It is an object of the invention to provide a tie plate for railroad tracks which will provide a simple connecting means between a rail and a tie.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character set forth which is simple and inexpensive in construction and yet eifective and efficient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character set forth having means for maintaining the ties of a railroad in proper alignment with one another.

A further object of the invention is the provition of a device of the character set forth wherein simple and eifective means is provided for maintaining the rails of a railroad in proper alignment with each other.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of an embodiment of the invention shown in use with a conventional railroad track,

Figure 2 is a reduced plan View of the device forming the present invention removed from the railroad track, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is shown therein a conventional railroad track having ties I0, I I, I2, I3 et cetera and rails I4 and I5.

The device forming the present invention consists of a single at piece of metal and comprises a pair of rail-supporting members I6 and I'I adapted to lie adjacent one end of adjacent ties as, for example, ties II and I2 and interconnected by a Web I8 extending in a direction parallel to the rails.

A like pair of rail supporting members I9 and 20 are adapted to lie upon the same ties II and I2 adjacent the opposite ends thereof and are interconnected by a web 2| which also extends in a direction parallel to the rails.

A transversely extending web 22 interconnects the members l 'l and 20 and is adapted to lie upQIi but one tie, in this case the tie I2.

The Web 22 is provided with a centrally disposed opening 23 for the reception of a spike 24 whereby to attach the same to the tie I2 and the members I6, il, I9 and 20, which are substantially square in contour, are each provided with a pair of diagonally disposed openings 25 and 26 for the reception therethrough of spikes 2'I and 28, respectively.

In operation, it Will be apparent that the device forming the present invention may be placed upon a pair of adjoining ties such as II and I2 and that thereafter the rails I and I5 may be laid thereover. The web 22 is fastened to the tie I2 by means of the spike 24 and the spikes 2l and 28 are then driven through the openings 25 and 26 into the ties II and I2 therebelow, the heads of such spikes engaging opposite sides of the rail to hold the sam-e firmly in position. It will be apparent that the webs I8 and 2I will prevent the ties II and I2 from moving closer to or away from each other and that the web 22 will act to hold the rails Ill and I5 in proper spaced relation. The device may be utilized to the greatest advantage on curvular sections of the railroad track but is, of course, useful upon straight stretches thereof, also.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A tie plate for railroad tracks comprising a single piece of flat metal having a transversely extending web, a rail-supporting member at each end of said web, a longitudinally extending web at the same corresponding side of each of the rail-supporting members, and a second rail-supporting member at the free end of each of the longitudinally extending Webs, said longitudinally extending Webs being parallel to each other and each adapted to lie beneath one rail of a railroad track, and said transverse web adapted to lie upon a tie of a conventional railroad track.

LOUIS TUCKER. HATHAWAY HILL.

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